RTS Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture 2012
Lyse Doucet
#BreakingNews: Can TV Journalism Survive the Social Media Revolution?
Lyse Doucet will give this year’s Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture. The Lecture, entitled #BreakingNews: Can TV Journalism Survive the Social Media Revolution?, will take place at The Radio Theatre, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA
at 6.30pm for 7.00pm on Friday 28 September 2012.
For Lyse Doucet, 2011 was the year the DNA of TV news changed: social media was suddenly at the heart of all the big stories. From the Arab Spring to the London riots, it transformed the speed and manner in which our news is sourced, informed and delivered. Stories are broken, pictures uploaded and news shared, all via social networking sites. Audiences now have instant access to overwhelming amounts of information online.What are the advantages and risks inharnessing this great resource? And how does traditional broadcast news fit into this new landscape? In the RTS Huw Wheldon 2012 lecture, Lyse charts a journalist'sjourney, examineslessons learnt, and looks athowtelevision news must evolve to satisfy the changing needs of its public.
Lyse Doucet is the Chief International Correspondent and Presenter for BBC World NewsTelevision and World Service Radio who also reports across the BBC. Since the early 1980s Lyse has been covering stories from across the Middle East and Africa. She spent the first five years of her career in West Africa, before heading to Pakistan in 1988. She coveredthe Soviet troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and reported from Kabul as well as Islamabad and Tehran until 1993. Lyse has sincebecome a trusted and authoritative voice on events in that region and the Middle Eastwhere she was based from 1994-1999. For the past two years she has spent most of her time reporting on the unprecedented eventsthereknown as the Arab Spring. Born in eastern Canada, Lyse has a Master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto and a BA Honours Degree from Queen's University at Kingston as well as honorary doctorates from 4 leading Canadian Universities and the University of York in Britain.
The RTS Huw Wheldon Lecture is hosted by the Royal Television Society and recorded in London for broadcast on BBC Two.
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